Brunswick Corporation

Supplier Quality Engineer

Brunswick Corporation
Posted 10/21/2026full-timeMettawa • Illinois • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $76,300 - $110,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in quality management and supplier development within a manufacturing environment, utilizing advanced quality planning, data analysis, and project management skills to drive continuous improvement and ensure compliance with performance specifications.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Supplier Development ProficiencyContinuous Improvement ProficiencyProject Management SkillsData Analysis and ReportingQuality Concepts and Problem-Solving Techniques

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide strategic and tactical quality support to Manufacturing
  • Execute advanced quality planning for the High Performance Product Development process
  • Conduct supplier development activities and manage corrective actions
  • Support direct-purchased materials in meeting performance specifications over time
  • Serve as a consultative resource and collaborative partner for customers and suppliers
  • Process PPAP submissions to enable timely new product shipments
  • Handle tactical quality issues with assigned suppliers
  • Review corrective-action submissions and verify root-cause analysis and preventive measures
  • Respond to customer inquiries in a timely, accurate, and consultative manner
  • Analyze supplier quality performance and supplier PPM data
  • Provide performance insights and recommendations to buyers and commodity teams
  • Support manufacturing through initial sorting and inspection of suspect parts
  • Issue corrective actions for discrepant materials and document rejected materials in MRB
  • Verify received materials against shipment documentation
  • Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, and formulas to determine quality and reliability standards
  • Perform supplier audits against standards and provide development plans
  • Lead supplier qualification activities, including onsite and virtual audits, technical reviews, and assessments
  • Develop supplier processes and systems for continual quality improvement
  • Develop risk-based schedules for proactive supplier evaluations
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with buyers, commodity managers, R&D engineers, and Supplier Quality engineers
  • Coach and mentor Supplier Quality Engineers and suppliers
  • Manage projects aligned with commodity strategy and continuous-improvement plans
  • Drive PPC, Service Bulletin, and Quality Alert efforts from containment through closure, including field support
  • Travel up to 50% by automobile or airplane

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Quality concepts, basic quality tools, and problem-solving techniques
  • Demonstrated knowledge of data models and data mining
  • Exposure to reporting packages such as Business Objects
  • Exposure to databases such as SQL
  • High competency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access
  • Project management skills and successful use of project management tools
  • Strong attention to detail and accurate record and data-system maintenance
  • Experience working between various functional areas in a manufacturing environment
  • Analytical skills to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information accurately
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Supplier development proficiency
  • Continuous improvement proficiency
  • NMMA certification preferred
  • ASQ certification preferred or ability to become fully certified within 2 years
  • BS/BA in Engineering or a related technical field preferred
  • 6+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
  • ASQ Certified Quality Manager, Engineer, or Auditor preferred
  • International exposure and/or experience desirable
  • Must be currently authorized to work in the United States
  • Position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future
  • Willingness to travel by auto or airplane, including day and/or overnight travel, up to 50%
  • Ability to work in conditions involving high sound levels, welding processes, moving forklifts, and elevated loads

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid vacation
  • 401k with up to 4% company match
  • Health Savings Account with company contribution
  • Well-being program
  • Product purchase discounts
  • Growth and development opportunities
  • Relocation: No

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Hard Skills
Quality ConceptsData AnalysisProject ManagementSupplier Quality ManagementRoot-Cause AnalysisPPAP SubmissionsEngineering Drawings InterpretationRisk-Based SchedulingCorrective Action ManagementPerformance Insights and Recommendations
Soft Skills
Excellent Communication SkillsAttention to DetailCollaborative PartneringCoaching and Mentoring
Tools & Technologies
SQLBusiness ObjectsExcelWordPowerPointAccess
Certifications & Qualifications
NMMA CertificationASQ CertificationASQ Certified Quality ManagerASQ Certified Quality EngineerASQ Certified Quality Auditor
Industry Keywords
Manufacturing EnvironmentSupplier QualityHigh Performance Product DevelopmentCorrective ActionsPerformance SpecificationsSupplier AuditsContinuous Improvement PlansCross-Functional CollaborationData ModelsQuality Alerts